Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-05
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Geld Mercy,
Eew Tosk Tribune.


BY the rs.sGt t1G StsE, W50 cannot leave
toe bsDt Uutil he either discovers his
error or satisfies himself 6s 10 the actual
sa4r.5gs. TIE CREST bulk % the shortages
made acrozs bank counters in EuglSnd
are believed TO occur On that day. Wheth-
er or not there Is &Ty truth IN the super
stition concerning Friday being ST IN
lucky day Tor the tellsr, or whetber the
errors are caused hy the CsrelessEess
which is always more or less the result Of
E SLACK day, is Al open question. The
belief is simply RECORDED as sn acEnOwl-
edged AID experienced fast.
Next in the order ct bad days for tha
teller, or CGshieT, as he IS designated IL
London, comes Saturday, bu5 there the
bad luck is intclligie!e Saturday Il
wages day, and no sooner has the teller
Il led his I'll and loaded Up his shelves
win silver in 10 and Gl0 bags than the
dsy's work sets IN like food. Until y
O'Clock he is paying Bwsy with b0t1
hands. After that hour, il he is q Iece!V-
ing clark IS well, ne begins to receive
heavily, for Saturday is also tho last 5sy
Of the week, AID every one elects tlat the
oark should receive his deposits rather
than thathe should keep them il his OWL
tegs secure custody over SuncGy.
Ia begjnLiagwork on Saturday the Lon
don teller faces 81 open mahogany CCun-
ter, OF which the portion controlled by
lis desk is probably six feet long by three
feet vide. He likes ID have q good
squgce vieW Of his customer, and il IS
one OF the cea0rs OF British banking thar
the eyes Of the staff ehaN command the
counter There IS this 20 be sad in de.
iease q the system, IL requires consider
able more ha-dikOO3 10 peTpe:ra5e
swindIs in the open view q IL E6Glish
bark tEan Il does q pigauH-h0lc il
f5uCed-in counter, and, u addition,
well trained oauB stbH, accustomed Is
each others wsTs by long contact aid
familiar GO well with The customers Of
he establishment, are Cften able TO ren
der valuable aid 20 ihs teller end tco
bank, Ter thEt matte, in g variety If
TGVs,
with such On open counter the cnicI
clerk is also able to keep the whole field
u1der his eye st one CiUP, and 70 relieve
the Oyerstrsin az alY particular daek.
The effect q the exposed condition Is
beneficial 800 on the staf, Ebe members
Of which preserve & steGdier demGEnor
thus under the eyas Of She public. Blu,
such 81 exposed situation demands Q
STEADY nerve on he part CI tue TeIler,
who vii sometimes have as m2ny as 3
score Of customers waiting a. one 5iUle.
He n9ed, however, only observe the golden
Tule IL Greer t0TDsure correctness: ''Rc
hurry, ind finish one tTansacior
before YCI begin another" His g1ea.
No vi.
Of the press Of people by cashirg I'd
checss demanding Coi1 without entering
then, II his money book a. the nCmsG,,
Ietv.ag dist i0r t.2a first iull il TIE dsy's
business. II dairg this lie Is depTlyiu"
himself @ 2lmCs5 The only s2fagQ2TG
sga.1ss IoS9.
Ine London teller is probably :te quick
est mEuipriator Of C2iD IN the world
This IS probably cwing fo the fact that
the smallest rGte issued in LCUGOa is CT
The value Of e5, or $25. Wren esked t0.
gold II q greater am0uat tbau Eig aya
can count st g gIkrce, the teller, tf,eT
counting Il quickly with 8 piguGf0rte
acticD, throws is with his copper
SCOOP ils1 MS faithidI scales, ana no
checks 10 count. Tha weights of these
scales are errqnged in suitable numbers.
The teller also checGs the gold which he
receives BY weight, and here his knowledge
Cf his business viii be tested. Oag
hundred new gCVlTeignS aye Of full
weighF, rather more, IL TACT, bug me gsne
number taken st hsphaZstd will be found
10 be nearly hslf G sovereign COR J per
cent shGIa in weight, Wh!lG ECO in or
dfre!g halt-sovaraigus afe sometimes 20 !
shiIinrs Coz l per cent short II value. !
The tzler can quickIg satisfy himself s.
to whether the deficiency is csUsGd
bv shortage N the weight or the count by
dividing the amount and weighing
one m0iety against the other.
II they balance evenly the COuat IS Coz
~ ct aud the difference IS Cue 20 under |
weight. L The latter exceeds Inc aver !
sge ssajed the coin viii need be special /
" examined; there Is probably something
wroDe. This question OF light gold Is |
An imn0rtspt one. O2e large London
Joint stcck bank paid 70 the Bank Of En-
glsnd 100000 ($I5Q,000J for deficit
weight in its gold for one yesr. A pTac-
teal teller Knows heavy or full weight
gold by sight. The best test afforded By
fnspeciioE is found in the strings OF the
Irish h4rD on the reverse Of the coin. II
they ere frayed the coin Is under weight, !
but 4 untouched by wear and tear it is
fall weight.
Tbs edge ct the English bank .counter
is provided with lip 10 prevent tbs coin
from rolling over and to sid the teller IL
gcooping up the money. The teller
ususllv counts VITA the fist two tieSeTs
of both hands simultaneously, sometimes
he uses six fingers, and teller has been
known 70 count 450 soVereignS in cn2
minute against time. An expert teller
viii count El00 value CT silver IN seven
minutes. When il is remembered that
the coins are always mixed END
consist Of six-pences, shilllngs,
lprlna, half CROWDS Snd crowns,
with never s decimsl convenience
among them, this will reasonably be cor
sidered as a remarkable fest. There is
no selection of coins possible in such
cquut. Were that observed the count
wouId take fully thirty minutes Tae
tnuT fingers OF the teller seize all the
cnins So they come, and if their action is
Overwhelmingly quick what must be that OF
the ave and brain which can SO promptly
sssess and add up those disJointed vslues
so as to keep pace with the mecnanlcaI
action of the hand? And al the time an
outlook is kept for base coin, 2t which
such 81 expert will sometimes throH ont
ful}v hslt : dozen IN counting EloO.